and mexico. 20 minutes before the hour now. martha we have dueling puppets. they are out there on the trail. big bird versus the count getting ready to stumble on sesame street actually showing newspaper campaign ads. we'll tell you what affect that is happening. martha: the romney campaign getting the rock star treatment at a rally in michigan and an endorsement from a big name. ♪ singing] skwraot battl martha: the battle for pennsylvania avenue has moved to sesame street. the obama campaign has released a new ad based on governor romney's comments during the debate le refusing to borrow money from china to fund pbs. >> gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big bird, big bird. >> it's me, big bird. martha: now the republican national committee has their own ad featuring one of my favorite characters, the count who is tallying up the amount of times that the president has mentioned big bird and elmo, while apparently not menoning the economy, sister owe you see there for the economy